Are nurses going on strike?

[celeste]

https://www.google.com/search?q=are+nurses+going+on+strike&sxsrf=ALiCzsbKVDUkWm92Dtr9Y_jkyK46l9A3Ew%3A1667939965642&source=hp&ei=fb5qY7LqI82GhbIPo_ifyAo&iflsig=AJiK0e8AA




......and in Scotland

Nursing unions have criticised an improved pay offer from the Scottish government, saying a strike vote will continue.

The proposed deal is for a flat rate of £2,205 per person, backdated to April.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said it was a real-terms pay cut and accused the government of not listening to staff concerns.

Ministers said the offer reflected the "hard work" of NHS staff and would help during the cost of living crisis.

The RCN had asked for at least 5% above inflation which rose to 10.1% in September.


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The new offer means an average salary increase of 7% with the lowest paid gaining more than 11% and qualified nursing staff receiving up to 8.45%.

Other non-financial elements are still to be finalised.

RCN Scotland director, Colin Poolman, said: "The Scottish government has failed to listen to our members' concerns for the safety of their patients.

"This offer fails to recognise the clinical skill, expertise and leadership of registered nurses.

"It will do nothing to address the staffing crisis, the life-threatening delays we are seeing at emergency departments or the lengthy waiting lists for treatment across Scotland's NHS."

He said striking was a "last resort" but a real possibility and said the ballot would continue.

[ExileSteve]

Good Lord! You would think that after doing all those energetic dance routines on Tik-Tok they would be slightly more appreciated by the Gub’Mint, wouldn’t you? And as for all those ‘face coverings’ they were harming themselves with, and all jibby-jabs they were harming all of us with, well….it’s almost like they shouldn’t have bothered, isn’t it?

[celeste]

What's going to become of us?


There's a new bird flu strain just been reported,  supposedly more serious than the previous one!


 

[ExileSteve]

 My word, that’s yet another reason be be really, really SCARED 💀💀💀


If it appears in the media that it certain to be the truth. 😂


Is anybody starting to notice a bit of a pattern breaking out here?

[celeste]

Very suspicious,  these 'follow-up' scares are becoming predictable.